{"id":5062433,"date":"2024-01-25T03:25:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T03:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/illatinonews.com\/?p=5062433"},"modified":"2024-01-25T03:25:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T03:25:14","slug":"jose-munoz-living-invisibly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/illn\/2024\/01\/25\/jose-munoz-living-invisibly\/","title":{"rendered":"Jose Mu\u00f1oz: Living Invisibly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Multigenerational living is a cultural practice, a way of life, and a manifestation of family bonds. However, all too often, and at an increasing rate, many Latinos are living in multigenerational or multifamily situations not by choice but due to economic need, writes <\/a>Anna Arzuaga<\/a>, the Housing Policy Analyst for the Latino Policy Forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such economically necessitated living arrangements are referred to as \u201cdoubling-up.\u201d Doubled-up living is a survival strategy in response to financial distress and depends on mutual support systems within the extended family network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La Casa Norte<\/a>, a nonprofit that helps unhoused youths and families -follows a Housing First model. The organization offers a continuum of housing resources and services to Chicago\u2019s West and South Side communities who experience or are at risk of homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jose Mu\u00f1oz, Executive Director of La Casa Norte was a guest on the program \u201c3 Questions With\u2026\u201d<\/a> hosted by Hugo Balta<\/a>, publisher of IL Latino News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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